COOPER, Bette Jean 1939-2004

COOPER, RICKERT, SCHMIDT

Posted By: Tammy (email)
Date: 9/14/2016 at 07:20:03

Bette Jean Cooper, 65, of Reinbeck, died July 24 at the Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo. A private family memorial service will be held at the convenience of the family. Burial will be in the Reinbeck Cemetery. A memorial fund is being established.

Born May 28, 1939, Bette Jean was the daughter of Orville A. and Ferne M. (Schmidt) Rickert. She grew up in the Reinbeck area and graduated from the Reinbeck High School with the Class of 1957. On July 13, 1958, she was united in marriage to Dennis L. Cooper. Bette worked as a waitress at many of the local eating establishments in Reinbeck.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

She is survived by her husband, three sons, Dennis Cooper, Jr. and his wife Cindy of Grundy Center, Robin Cooper of Grundy Center, and Scott Cooper and his partner Guillaume Williams of Reinbeck, three daughters, Kelly Cooper of Grundy Center, Kim Heinrich and husband Rob of Wellsburg and Dionne Cooper of Omaha, NE, four brothers, a sister, and nieces and nephews.

--The Grundy Register (Grundy Center, Iowa), 29 July 2004, pg 3